Andreas Andersson
Andreas Andersson in November 2012
Personal information
Full name Andreas Claes Andersson
Date of birth (1974-04-10) 10 April 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Nacka, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1979–1993 Hova IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Tidaholms GOIF 9 (6)
1994–1995 Degerfors IF 40 (16)
1996–1997 IFK Göteborg 39 (32)
1997–1998 Milan 13 (1)
1998–1999 Newcastle United 27 (4)
1999–2005 AIK 82 (25)
Total 210 (84)
International career‡
1991 Sweden U17 2 (0)
1995–1996 Sweden U21 3 (3)
1995–1996 Sweden B 2 (0)
1996–2003 Sweden 43 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 30 November 2006

Andreas Claes Andersson (born 10 April 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with IFK Göteborg when they won the 1996 Allsvenskan, and went on to represent Milan, Newcastle United, and AIK before retiring in 2005. A full international between 1996 and 2003, he scored 8 goals in 43 caps for the Sweden national team, and represented them at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Andreas Andersson was signed by the Division 2 club Tidaholms G&IF before the 1994 season from the Division 5 club Hova IF.[1] He scored 6 goals in 9 games for Tidaholm before being signed by the Allsvenskan outfit Degerfors IF during the same year.[1] He spent a season and a half at Degerfors, scoring 16 Allsvenskan goals in 40 games.[2]

IFK Göteborg

Prior to the 1996 Allsvenskan season, Andersson signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions IFK Göteborg.[1] During his first season with Göteborg, Andersson finished as the Allsvenskan top scorer with 19 goals as IFK Göteborg won the league.[3] In the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, Andersson scored against A.C. Milan in a 2–4 group stage loss at San Siro.[4] During the 1997 season, Andersson scored 13 goals in 13 games during the first half of the season, before leaving the club during the summer.[1]

Milan

Andersson was signed by Milan ahead of the 1997–98 Serie A season. He scored his only Serie A goal for Milan in a 1–0 win against Empoli F.C. on 5 October 1997.[5]

Newcastle United

Andersson signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League in January 1998 but missed several months with glandular fever then struggled to regain form.[6] He played in the 1998 FA Cup Final, which Newcastle lost to Arsenal.[7]

AIK and retirement

Andersson returned to Sweden in the summer of 1999, as AIK's most expensive signing ever ahead of their 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League campaign.[8] He scored two goals against Arsenal during that Champions League season in a 2–3 group stage loss at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, Sweden.[9] Injury problems caused him to retire on 1 August 2005, with Andersson looking to remain in football as a coach.[10]

International career

Andersson made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 25 February 1996 in a friendly game against Australia in Brisbane, in which he scored two goals.[11][12] He scored his first competitive international goal in a 2–1 win against England in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match, which ultimately helped Sweden qualify for UEFA Euro 2000.[13] However, an injury to his cruciate ligament caused him to miss the tournament.[14]

On 5 September 2001, Andersson scored the decisive goal away against Turkey in a 2–1 victory, which meant that Sweden qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup the following summer.[15] Andersson was used as a substitute in the tournament and nearly scored against Argentina, but his shot hit the cross bar.[16] He played in all four games as Sweden was eliminated by Senegal in the second round.[8][17]

His last ever international appearance came in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying game against San Marino on 7 June 2003, before another knee injury ruled Andersson out of playing for Sweden at Euro 2004 and ultimately ended his international career.[18]

In total Andersson won 43 caps for Sweden, scoring 8 goals.[12]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Domestic Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tidaholms G&IF 1994 Division 2 Västra Götaland 9 6 — — 9 6
Degerfors IF 1994 Allsvenskan 14 3 — — 14 3
1995 Allsvenskan 26 13 — — 26 13
Total 40 16 — — 40 16
IFK Göteborg 1996 Allsvenskan 26 19 5 3 — 6 1 37 23
1997 Allsvenskan 13 13 1 0 — 2 0 16 13
Total 39 32 6 3 — 8 1 53 36
Milan 1997–98 Serie A 13 1 5 0 — — 18 1
Newcastle United 1997–98 Premier League 12 2 3 0 — — 15 2
1998–99 Premier League 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2
Total 27 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 31 4
AIK 1999 Allsvenskan 8 2 — — 6 2 14 4
2000 Allsvenskan 4 0 — — — 4 0
2001 Allsvenskan 26 9 3 0 — 4 0 33 9
2002 Allsvenskan 25 8 4 1 — 2 1 31 10
2003 Allsvenskan 13 4 — — — 13 4
2004 Allsvenskan 0 0 — — — 0 0
2005 Superettan 6 2 — — — 6 2
Total 82 25 7 1 — 12 3 101 29
Career total 210 84 21 4 0 0 21 4 252 92

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[19]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1996 5 2
1997 12 2
1998 5 1
1999 2 0
2000 4 0
2001 2 2
2002 9 1
2003 4 0
Total 43 8
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Andreas Andersson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 February 1996 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia  Australia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 2–0
3 9 February 1997 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Romania 1–0 2–0 1997 King's Cup
4 12 March 1997 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 5 September 1998 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  England 1–1 2-1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
6 15 August 2001 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  South Africa 3–0 3–0 Friendly
7 5 September 2001 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 2–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying
8 17 May 2002 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Paraguay 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Honours

IFK Göteborg

AIK

Sweden

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hova-Expressen Andreas Andersson gäst i Giffpodden". Tidaholms GoIF. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. ^ "Andreas Andersson". Elite Football. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. ^ Pea Nilsson (12 November 1996). "Gissa vem som blev årets tränare" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Flest mål i samma match mot AC Milan | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. ^ "Andreas Andersson - Un peso piuma: una zanzara avrebbe punto molto meglio". www.calciobidoni.it. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. ^ "Ex-frontman Andersson remembers his time at United". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  7. ^ "Arsenal vs Newcastle. FA Cup Final 16/05/98". www.arseweb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  8. ^ a b "500 AIK:are - Andreas Andersson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  9. ^ "AIK Statistikdatabas (Herrar)". www.aik.se. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  10. ^ "Andreas Andersson slutar med fotbollen". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  11. ^ "Australien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  12. ^ a b "Andreas Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  13. ^ "Football: Ince off as England suffer in Sweden". The Independent. 1998-09-06. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  14. ^ "AIK-stjärnor utan lön. Oförsäkrade. Pontus Kåmark och Andreas Andersson får leva på Försäkringskassan". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2000-05-31. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  15. ^ "Miraklet i Turkiet - ett stycke idrottshistoria". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  16. ^ "Andreas närmar sig startelvan". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2002-06-13. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  17. ^ "Sverige utslaget på övertid". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  18. ^ "EM-drömmen sprack för Andreas Andersson". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2004-04-22. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  19. ^ a b "Andreas Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  20. ^ "King's Cup 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  21. ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-02-24.

External links

Allsvenskan top scorers
Sweden squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
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